"treasures"

saturday morning a dear friend, Melba, organized a rummage sale to help raise some funds for hong kong. as we unloaded donations into the youth building on friday night she continued to refer to everything as little 'treasures'. she put so much effort into making sure all the details were covered and picked up donations from her friends. as we were setting everything up i just hoped and prayed that the Lord would honor her efforts and that he would surprise us with donations and sales.

mary catherine and i got to the church around 6:20 to eat some breakfast and open the doors at 7. as we were eating we kept seeing cars driving through the parking lot, slowing down, looking at us, then circling back around. by 6:30 there were 5 cars already in the parking lot waiting to come inside. needless to say, the serious garage sale bargainers were out and about bright and early. i had some hilarious conversations with people that came through and even witnessed an argument over a flower arrangement- these women don't play. sometimes i wonder if garage salers bargain with everyone they encounter. can't you just picture them finishing their adventures and going to breakfast and bargaining for their breakfast? i think there should be a documentary about a day in the life of a professional garage saler. it would be fascinating to say the least. at noon we made our last sale, closed the doors and started to clean everything up. i had the chance to share about grace campus with a few people that came through and as i sat and counted the money from the sale i was reminded of a verse in matthew that talks about storing up treasure in heaven. the Lord gently reminded me that in the midst of selling an assortment of people's earthly "treasures" that he was preparing me to go share heavenly treasure with people half way around the world. at the end of it all, the Lord blessed me with over $750 from the sale that will go as a one time gift towards my move. it was so neat to see how he's still piecing everything together a little bit at a time.

the picture below is the result of little sleep and my brilliant sister's solution for me raising support.